[access-uk] Re: Problems with Listen Again

From: "Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:36:05 -0000

Hi Peter.

Are you on a dial-up-connection? I was told that broadband users are more
likely to be targeted by these sorts of things. They are a complete
nuisance but easily got rid of by installing something like Pop-Up-Stopper
or Shoot the Messenger. Best wishes. Andy

I don't know why, but I don't get any of those messages at all and I am not
even using the windows xp pop up blocker.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Problems with Listen Again

Hi Peter.

If that is the case, then I'll need to find an alternative method of
Listening Again. Pop-Up-Killer is a great wee program which stops all
those
Messenger messages.

idd you try my suggestion of using the JAWS bypass key before pressing
enter on the link? It sounds to me as if that fould very likely be
the solution. You could have an ad-popup blocker that isn't letting
the keystroke through. this is what cured it for me with Window-Eyes.
The Google popup blocker was getting in the way there.
Ray

| Hi all and thanks for all the advice guys.
|
|
| There is something quite wrong here with JAWS and the BBC's Listen
Again
| service. Every time I click on the link to listen again, I hear a
definite
| click from my speakers and nothing happens. Today, I got to the
link, then
| turned JAWS off and pressed enter on the link and it worked!
However,
| rather than be taken to the particular file I wanted to listen to, I
arrived
| at the Radio Player Page. If I have got to turn JAWS off, every
time I wish
| to listen again to a broadcast, then I'd not bother doing it this
way. I
| have, in my mind, two other options. One of these is to use the
BBC's Radio
| Player and a list member has kindly provided me with the link to
this. I
| attempted this this morning but ended up on a page with blank tables
and I
| could not understand how to use it. My other option and this is my
| favourite at the moment, is to save the url's to the particular
shows that
| I'd listen again to and place these on a web-page on my computer. I
am
| currently building such a web-page and in my view, it's much easier.
For
| example, if I wanted to listen live to Radio 2, all I'd need to do
is bring
| up my web-page with a single key-stroke and tab down to a link
titled Listen
| to Radio 2. In total, I could listen to radio 2 with less than four
| key-strokes. Alternatively, I could listen again, for example, to
Bob
| Harris's show with another tab or two. I'm really quite sick
running around
| in circles on web-pages, listening to my speakers clicking and
getting
| nothing for my efforts. I'm happy to try again to understand the
BBC's
| Radio Player but this far, there has been little discussion on this
list as
| how to set everything up. It's just so complicated. The web-page
which I
| am building, and incidentally, I can send it to anyone who would
like to try
| it out, has very few links. For instance I have links to listen
live to BBC
| Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. I have Listen Again links to Bob Harris's
show,
| Simon Maeoy's show and have included further links to listen to Main
Menu,
| and tTheBlind Col Tec page. I can of course add to these urls later
when I
| come across a good show. I can also add my TV listings and include
TV if I
| wanted. Perhaps the BBC's Radio Player is a good option, but I'd be
limited
| to BBC broadcasts, whereas my web-page is actually all I want it to
be. I'd
| be interested to hear from other list members who may be trying out
similar
| methods of organising schedules of programs in this way, or others
who are
| convinced that the Radio Player is the best method. Sorry for going
on so
| long folks. Best wishes. Andy
|
|